Cornell University, Archives 4600 Bd. Ms. 126 +

Metadata

DS ID:

DS12104

Shelfmark:

Archives 4600 Bd. Ms. 126 +

Title:

Tusculanarum Quaestionum Libri [Quinque

Author:

Cicero, Marcus Tullius, 106 B.C.-43 B.C.

Cicero WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

between ca. 1450 and ca. 1500

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Text in Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 72 leaves : parchment ; 250 x 180 (175 x 120) mm. bound to 256 x 186 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Ends imperfectly at 5.27.78 with the words "Plures enim singulis solent esse nupte. Quae...".
Sparse glossing.
Note in Italian on the recto side of the rear flyleaf.
Layout: 35 long lines; ruled.
Script: Formal humanistic (italic).
Decoration: Four illuminated decorative initials with painted interlace tendrils on burnished gold field (ff. 1r, 2v, 21r, 32v).
Binding: 18th cent., Italian half-vellum.
Origin: Written in Italy, 15th century.
Provenance: Obtained 21 April 1908 from H. Hughes for the University Library (Sage Endowment Fund).
Former shelfmark: MSS Bd. Rare P C565 T96
Related shelfmark: MS B.27 (De Ricci)

Keyword:

parchment (animal material)

humanistic scripts

Latin essays

Philosophy

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/3964019

Holding Institution:

Cornell University